Christine E. Morris is an Irish classical scholar, who is the Andrew A. David Professor in Greek Archaeology and History at Trinity College Dublin. An expert on religion in the Aegean Bronze Age, her work uses archaeological evidence to examine the practice and experience of belief. She is a member of the Standing Committee for Archaeology for the Royal Irish Academy.
Christine E. Morris | |
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| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Archaeologist, classical scholar |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Cambridge University College London |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Trinity College Dublin |
Career
editEducated at Churchill College at the University of Cambridge, and at University College London, Morris worked for the British School at Athens prior to her first appointment at Trinity College Dublin in 1994. She is the Andrew A. David Professor in Greek Archaeology and History and an expert on the Aegean Bronze Age, with a particular focus on material cultures, including ceramics and figural sculpture, as well as inter-cultural relationships and religious practice.[1] In collaboration with Alan Peatfield, Morris has argued that Minoan religion should be viewed as experiential and shamanistic,[2] and that perhaps the Minoan figurines represent altered states of consciousness.[3] Morris has also argued for greater emphasis to be played on the role of the individual in figural craft practice.[4]
The most widely cited of Morris' works is Ancient Goddesses: the Myths and Evidence, co-edited with Lucy Goodison.[5] In it they establish a theoretical framework for the consideration of the ancient goddess, as well as questioning how goddess figurines were used.[6][7] It was described by Christine Gudorf as a "critical survey of existing archaeological evidence of prehistoric goddesses in Europe and the ancient Near East".[8]
She is a member of the Standing Committee for Archaeology for the Royal Irish Academy.[9]
In 2014 she was elected a fellow of Trinity College Dublin.[10]
Selected publications
edit- Laerke Recht, Christine Morris, Chariot kraters and horse-human relations in Late Bronze Age Greece and Cyprus, Annual of the British School at Athens, 116, 2021, p.95 – 132[11]
- Bodies in ecstasy: shamanic elements in Minoan religion in, editor(s) Diana Stein, Sarah Kielt Costello, Karen Polinger Foster, The Routledge Companion to Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World, London, Routledge, 2021, pp.264 – 283[12]
- Images from a usable past: the Classical themes of Irish Coinage, 1928–2002 in, editor(s) Donncha O'Rourke & Isabelle Torrance, Classics and Irish Politics 1916–2016, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, pp.393–406[13]
- Morris, Christine. "Hands up for the individual! The role of attribution studies in Aegean prehistory." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 3.1 (1993): 41–66.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Christine Morris – Department of Classics – Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Driessen, Jan, and Charlotte Langohr. "Recent developments in the archaeology of Minoan Crete". Pharos 20.1 (2014): 75–115.
- ^ Peatfield, Alan A. D. (2016), A Metaphysical History of Minoan Religion, Peeters Publishers, ISBN 978-90-429-3366-8, retrieved 23 December 2022
- ^ Martinón-Torres, Marcos; Uribe-Villegas, María Alicia (1 November 2015). "The prehistoric individual, connoisseurship and archaeological science: The Muisca goldwork of Colombia". Journal of Archaeological Science. 63: 136–155. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.08.014. ISSN 0305-4403.
- ^ "Christine Morris". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Townsend, Andrew (1999). "Lucy Goodison & Christine Morris (ed.). Ancient goddesses: The myths and the evidence. 224 pages, 71 plates, 93 figures, 12 plans, 5 maps 1998. London: British Museum Press; 0-7141-1761-7 hardback £18.99". Antiquity. 73 (279): 230–231. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00088104. ISSN 0003-598X. S2CID 165722744.
- ^ Gesell, Geraldine C. (2004). "From Knossos to Kavousi: The Popularizing of the Minoan Palace Goddess". Hesperia Supplements. 33: 131–150. ISSN 1064-1173. JSTOR 1354066.
- ^ Gudorf, Christine E. (2002). "Review of Ancient Goddesses: The Myths and the Evidence; The Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel and Judah: Evidence for a Hebrew Goddess; Goddesses Who Rule; In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 70 (1): 198–203. ISSN 0002-7189. JSTOR 1466381.
- ^ "Standing Committee for Archaeology". Royal Irish Academy. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Trinity Monday 2014 – Fellows and Scholars". www.tcd.ie. Trinity College Dublin. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Recht, Laerke; Morris, Christine E. (2021). "CHARIOT KRATERS AND HORSE–HUMAN RELATIONS IN LATE BRONZE AGE GREECE AND CYPRUS". The Annual of the British School at Athens. 116: 95–132. doi:10.1017/S0068245421000022. ISSN 0068-2454. S2CID 236620060.
- ^ Stein, Diana; Costello, Sarah Kielt; Foster, Karen Polinger (31 December 2021). The Routledge Companion to Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-46476-4.
- ^ Torrance, Isabelle; O'Rourke, Donncha (6 August 2020). Classics and Irish Politics, 1916–2016. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-886448-6.
- ^ Morris, Christine (1993). "Hands Up for the Individual! The Role of Attribution Studies in Aegean Prehistory". Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 3 (1): 41–66. doi:10.1017/S0959774300000718. ISSN 1474-0540. S2CID 161793301.